{"id":2281350,"date":"2026-02-14T01:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2281350"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:09:49","slug":"testament-have-eight-new-songs-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/testament-have-eight-new-songs-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Testament Have Eight New Songs In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Testament<\/strong> have apparently been striking while the iron is hot. Despite releasing their fourteenth studio album \u201c<strong>Para Bellum<\/strong>\u201d this past October, the Bay Area thrash titans have already amassed another eight new song ideas. The band\u2019s vocalist <strong>Chuck Billy<\/strong> spoke of their progress in a newly shared interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@littlepunkpeople\">Little Punk People<\/a>, <strong>Billy<\/strong> offered [transcribed by theprp.com]:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c<strong>Eric<\/strong> [<strong>Peterson<\/strong>, <strong>Testament<\/strong> guitarist\/vocalist] and <strong>Chris<\/strong> [<strong>Dovas<\/strong>, <strong>Testament<\/strong> drummer] actually have been working on a future record. I got a call from <strong>Eric<\/strong> yesterday saying <strong>Chris<\/strong> just got home, and \u2018Oh, me and <strong>Chris<\/strong> got about six more tunes ready to go and they already had two to start. So they\u2019re already on their way to another record, ya know?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Billy<\/strong> went on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of fired up because it\u2019s been a long time to come really quick with writing music. But it\u2019s been working and feeling really good with <strong>Chris<\/strong>, so we\u2019re like, why not? You know, we\u2019re not on the road yet, so we\u2019re gonna get busy. So, right now, let\u2019s take advantage of that and, you know, write some more music. Why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Next month <strong>Testament<\/strong> will be headlining their \u2018<strong>Thrash Of The Titans Tour<\/strong>\u2018 with <strong>Overkill<\/strong> and <strong>Destruction<\/strong> as support:<\/p>\n<p>03\/14 Portland, OR \u2013 Roseland theater<br \/>03\/15 Boise, ID \u2013 Treefort Music Hall<br \/>03\/16 Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 Rockwell at the Complex<br \/>03\/18 Denver, CO \u2013 Summit Music Hall<br \/>03\/20 Milwaukee, WI \u2013 The Rave<br \/>03\/21 Minneapolis, MN \u2013 The Fillmore<br \/>03\/22 Chicago, IL \u2013 Ramova Theatre<br \/>03\/24 Detroit, MI \u2013 St. Andrew\u2019s Hall<br \/>03\/25 Cleveland, OH \u2013 Agora Ballroom<br \/>03\/27 Worcester, MA \u2013 The Palladium<br \/>03\/28 Sayreville, NJ \u2013 Starland Ballroom<br \/>03\/29 Reading, PA \u2013 Club Reverb<br \/>03\/31 Atlanta, GA \u2013 Buckhead Theater<br \/>04\/01 St. Petersburg, FL \u2013 Jannus Live<br \/>04\/03 Houston, TX \u2013 House of Blues<br \/>04\/04 Dallas, TX \u2013 The Bomb Factory<br \/>04\/05 San Antonio, TX \u2013 Aztec Theatre<br \/>04\/08 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 The Van Buren<br \/>04\/09 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 The Belasco<br \/>04\/10 Berkeley, CA \u2013 The UC Theatre (no <strong>Overkill<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TESTAMENT interview: Chuck Billy talks AI, 40 years with the band, dark energy and more\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V61zBUnZ9ro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theprp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testament have apparently been striking while the iron is hot. Despite releasing their fourteenth studio album \u201cPara Bellum\u201d this past October, the Bay Area thrash titans have already amassed another eight new song ideas. 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